In the Java programming language, a type that defines the implementation of a particular kind of object. A class definition defines instance and class variables and methods, as well as specifying the interfaces the class implements and the immediate superclass of the class. If the superclass is not explicitly specified, the superclass will implicitly be Object.

Classes are usually first defined and then instantiated using the new operator. Also see anonymous class and abstract class .

class\class\ (kl&adot;s), n. [f. classe, fr. l. classis class, collection, fleet; akin to gr. klh^sis a calling, kalei^n to call, e. claim, haul.]1. a group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.2. a number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.3. a comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.4. a set; a kind or description, species or variety. she had lost one class energies.5. (methodist church) one of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader.class of a curve (math.), the kind of a curve as expressed by the number of tangents that can be drawn from any point to the curve. a circle is of the second class.class meeting (methodist church), a meeting of a class under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and relegious instruction.class \class\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. classed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. classing.] [cf. f. classer. see class, n.] 1. to arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.note: in scientific arrangement, to classify is used instead of to class. 2. to divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.class \class\, v. i. to grouped or classed. the genus or famiky under which it classes.class n1. people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" [syn: social class , socio-economic class]

2. a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: form, grade]

3. education imparted in a series of lessons or class meetings; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" [syn: course, course of study , course of instruction]

4. a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there are two classes of detergents" [syn: category, family]

5. a body of students who graduate together: "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at hoehandle high" [syn: year]

6. a league ranked by quality; "he played baseball in class d for two years"; "princeton is in the ncaa division 1-aa" [syn: division]

7. (informal) elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class"8. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders v : arrange or order by classes or categories; "how would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?" [syn: classify, sort, assort, sort out, separate]

A class is a template from which an object is created. Code in a class module describes the attributes and behavior of objects that are created from the class.Although a class isn’t an object, it does have design-time properties that define its attributes and events that define its behavior.

California's Leading Advanced Safety School, a control-emphasizing motorcycle school

Canadian Land Surface Scheme, for use in large scale climate models

Canadian Light Aircraft Sales and Service, a Canadian aircraft manufacturer

Celecoxib Long-term Arthritis Safety Study

Class, a Romanian band

Class, a warez group

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, an academic college at the University of Houston

Community Leaders At Service of Society (CLASS) is a non-profit organization (NPO) based in Silicon Valley, California.

Community Living Assistance and Support Services

Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey

Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor, an experiment to measure the polarization of the cosmic microwave background.

Custom Local Area Signaling Services, which describes telephony services such as call waiting, caller ID, etc.

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Class may refer to:

General

Class (education), a group of students attending a specific course or lesson

Course (education)

Lesson, in education

Classroom

Class (social), the hierarchical arrangement of individuals in society, usually defined by wealth and occupation

Class (biology), a taxonomic rank in biological classification

Class (philosophy), an analytical concept used differently from such group phenomena as 'types' or 'kinds'

Class (set theory), in mathematics

Classes of United States Senators, for describing the schedules of elections for Senate seats

Class, a group of people involved in a class action lawsuit

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Java class file is a file (with the .class filename extension) containing a Java bytecode which can be executed on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Java class file is produced by Java compiler from Java programming language source files (.java files) containing Java classes. If a source file has more than one class, each class is compiled into a separate class file.

for quantitative data, an interval that includes all the values that fall within two numbers(the lower and upper limits)Note: class always represent a variable; class in quantitative data equals to category in qualitative data

A large category or group of people within a system of social stratification who have a similar socio-economic status in relation to other socio-economic segments of the society or community. The Marxian definition of social class is in terms of a class's objective position or relation to the means of production in society.

- class java.lang..Class public final class Class extends Object implements Serializable Tree:java.lang.Object - java.lang.Class Instances of the class Class represent classes and interfaces in a running Java application. Every array also belongs to a class that is reflected as a Class object that is shared by all arrays with the same element type and number of dimensions. The primitive Java types (boolean, byte, char, short, int, long, float, and double), and the keyword void are also represented as Class objects.

1) With respect to the certification, ratings, privileges, and limitations of airmen, means a classification of aircraft within a category having similar operating characteristics. Examples include: single engine; multiengine; land; water; gyroplane; helicopter; airship; and free balloon; and 2) With respect to the certification of aircraft, means a broad grouping of aircraft having similar characteristics of propulsion, flight, or landing. Examples include: airplane; rotorcraft; glider; balloon; landplane; and seaplane. (14CFR1)

(v. i.)
To grouped or classed. (n.)
To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes. (n.)
To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages. (n.)
One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader. (n.)
A set; a kind or description, species or variety. (n.)
A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies. (n.)
A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes. (n.)
A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.

In object-oriented programming, a category of objects. For example, there might be a class called shape that contains objects which are circles, rectangles, and triangles. The class defines all the common properties of the different objects that belong to it.

The working pressure rating of a specific pipe for use in water distribution systems which i includes allowances for surges. This term is used for cast iron, ductile iron, asbestos cement and some plastic pipe.

Acronym forcustom local area signaling service. One of an identified group of network-provided enhanced services. Note: A CLASS group for a given network usually includes several enhanced service offerings, such as incoming-call identification, call trace, call blocking, automatic return of the most recent incoming call, call redial, and selective forwarding and programming to permit distinctive ringing for incoming calls.

For hardware, the manner in which devices and buses are grouped for purposes of installing and managing device drivers and allocating resources. The hardware tree is organized by device class, and Windows 95 uses class installers to install drivers for all hardware classes.Class driver

klasa f If classes were smaller, children would learn more. The party had hoped to win mass support among the working class. We can identify several classes of fern. (period of teaching ) lekcja f He's a good teacher and his classes are very popular. (period of teaching : at university ) zajęcia pl , ćwiczenia pl cpd klasowy vt klasyfikować (zaklasyfikować perf ) At nineteen you're still classed as a teenager. class-conscious adj świadomy klasowo